Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-10-05
TIE FRS! GUN Or THE CAMPAIGN 4
The Democratic Rally Last Night,
Grand Oratorical Display!
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.

TIC OTduu many dt thS ivy lAo-
tel last night was an ovation. Be
fore the early hour of assembling
many had gathered in the open
space and when the band marched
down. with Mr.. Il. G.. CAN'T and
Governor Whyte following arm in
arm, the air was rent with acclama-
ton. The meeting was presided
over by Mr.. CAN'T and long list of
vice presidents from all parts of
the county. After reading thenames
of the officers Of the evening by Mr..
Il. p. Porter, Mr.. Ganttint reduced
in most felicitous manner "a gen
tleman whose name," he said, "was
as familiar to the people of Anne
Arundel county as that of father or
mother-the Hon. VIM. PInkney
Whyte," who was greeted with
rounds of applause Mr.. Whyte said:
"Mr. President and gentlemen, it
is always pleasure to me to address
the citizens of Annapolis and Old
Anne Arundel. Forty years ago in
1S47, when Baltimore City had but
five representatives in the House of
Delegates, she did me the honor to
make me one of those, and sent me
here to that grand old State House
Since then i'll public and private
life / have counted many of the
citizens of this old county among
my dearest friends; but as the OBJ.
iect of our meeting tonight is the
discussion of the merits of the re-
spective antagonistic parties we will
turn our attention to them. Fellow
Democrats. the Republican party
comes before you to-day with the
demand for pure registration, and
pure ballot box. They tell you that
the voice of the people is being
stifled by the Democratic party,
which is in the hands of the crimi-
nal classes. They tell you that un
der these rulers the registration lists
are fraudulent, and the ballot, boxes
are being stuffed, and that there
must be change of rulers before
we can get that system of purity
which is necessary to the preserva-
ton of good government, and the
necessary change will put the govern
ment into their hands. But gentle
men it is only necessary to go back |
to the enactment of the registration
law in order to see what you may
expect at the hands of the Republi-
can party. That party was the au-
thor of that law and it was enacted |
in order to disfranchise the Demo
cratic vote of the State, and it did |
succeed for time in accomplishing
its end. Under this registration act
the constitutional convention of
1864 was elected and though they
it to the people, and
though they had soldiers at the polls
to prevent the citizens of the State
from voting, though they voted the
soldiers from Massachusetts, and
Connecticut in the East, and those
from the West, yet it passed by the
paltry majority Of 279. The soldiers
we're SO autocratic at the polls that
every man of democratic sentiments
was disfranchised, and many Of our
most prominent citizens were arrest
ID aud confined in prison. So fla
grant were the violations of the
rights of the people that Governor
Bradford the then Republican Gov
srnor Of the State saw fit to de-
nouuce it in unmeasured terms in
his message to the Legislature.
Here Gov. Whyte read from Gov.
BIS message.) Proceeding he said
During the administration of Gov
srnor Swan, he took steps to give our
citizens their heaven born right of
and though he had been
n sympathy with the Union cause
III during the war he then received
he repr0bation of all of these self |
autocrats. At this time
was in Europe and on the Seine
1ne day / read that Gov. Swan and !
Thomas G. Pratt had walked down
she aisle of the Philadelphia conven-
ion arm in arm. / said to my
friends: boys | must go home; there
S some chance for Democrats in
Maryland came and was one of ]
he first to apply for registration,
md / remember when went to the
Office to oct Registered
i Massachusetts, Yankee was on my
light, another on ny left and an